DMRC aims to curb suicides after woman jumped in front of Metro train

With the number of suicides at Metro premises on the rise, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is in the process of installing additional railings at more than two dozen stations to thwart any such attempt.

The DMRC has also decided to rope in an NGO which will sensitise frontline Metro staff about the passengers displaying suicidal tendencies. As many as 15 incidents of suicide or attempt to suicide have been reported from various metro stations this year.

The latest incident took place on Thursday, when a 24-year-old man from Bihar jumped from the Punjabi Bagh station and succumbed to injuries at a hospital.

A woman recently jumped to her death at Pragati Maidan station (pictured)

According to DMRC officials, the railings have already been installed at six stations - Laxmi Nagar, Preet Vihar, Vaishali, Akshardham, Kaushambi and Nirman Vihar, while the work at other stations will be completed within a month. The other stations include: Seelampur, Janakpuri West, Rajendra Place, Dilshad Garden, R.K. Ashram, Sultanpur, M. G. Road, Jahangirpuri, Kirti Nagar, Noida Sector 16, Govindpuri and Uttam Nagar East.

'We will also put up posters and distribute literature highlighting the importance of life and how the people with depression or suicidal tendencies can contact the NGO's helpline,' said a Metro spokesperson.

The DMRC has also put up barriers on the platforms marking the area beyond which passengers are not allowed to go.

The guards deployed at stations have been directed to keep a close watch on passengers' movements.